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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Director, Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI). NIDA's mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components. The first is to advance translational research and innovation in the biomedical and health sciences. The second is to drive growth in biomedical and health sciences entrepreneurial communities in the area of addiction science, ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination of research results to improve practice and inform policy related to drug abuse and addiction. OTIPI is charged with maximizing NIH-funded basic and clinical science through the development of novel funding opportunities, product development, and entrepreneurial training. OTIPI partners with NIDA intramural and extramural divisions to accelerate the...

The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to join the Science of Learning and Educational Technologies (SoLET) Laboratory directed by Danielle McNamara. The postdoctoral research scholar will work on projects funded by the IES and ONR to aid in studies that explore factors influencing students’ performance in mathematics and language literacy. Ideal candidate will have expertise in natural language processing, data analytics, data management, and machine learning. The position involves working in a collaborative research lab focusing on learning and cognitive sciences.
The position is full-time, fiscal-year (12-month), benefits-eligible appointment with no tenure implications. Anticipated start date is August 1, 2020.
The qualification for this position: must have earned a Ph.D. in psychology, computational linguistics, computer science, cognitive science or in a related field within the past four years....

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging at the University of California, San Diego Department of Psychiatry.
The successful applicant will work primarily on analyses and manuscript preparation for Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) consortium Alzheimer’s Disease grant. IGEMS is a collection of twin studies from Australia, the United States, and Europe comprising over 47,000 individuals. IGEMS contains information on a wide range of risk and protective factors for Alzheimer’s disease measured across the lifespan, in addition to genome-wide genotyping. Research will emphasize the additive and interactive effects of genetic and environmental risk/protective factors on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to work on the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) which is one of the IGEMS studies. The VETSA comprises a set of...

University of California San Diego
University of California San Diego, Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, USA
Full time